Module 6: The Brain: Practice Quiz

Jeremy was accidentally struck in the base of his brain by a baseball bat.  His heart and breathing stopped immediately.  The blow probably struck Jeremy’s:

• medulla

• amygdala

• temporal lobe

• hippocampus

The ____ directs incoming messages from all of a person’s senses except for the sense of _____.

• limbic system; sight

• hypothalamus; hearing

• cerebellum; taste

• thalamus; smell

Which component of the limbic system plays an essential role in the formation of new memories?

• amygdala

• hippocampus

• hypothalamus

• thalamus

To demonstrate that brain stimulation can make a rat violently aggressive, Professor Brown should electrically stimulate the rat’s:

• amygdala

• cerebellum

• medulla

• reticular formation

The corpus callosum is a band of neural fibers that:

• controls the glands and muscles of the internal organs.

• directs the muscle movements involved in speech.

• enables the left hemisphere to control the right side of the body.

• transmits information between the cerebral hemispheres.

Michelle had a lobotomy (a surgical technique) in which her entire frontal lobe was removed.  Michelle will likely have difficulties in:

• her visual processing

• planning and judgment

• voluntary movements

• registering body sensation

The surgical removal of a large tumor from Allen’s occipital lobes results in extensive loss of brain tissue.  Allen is most likely to suffer some loss of:

• language comprehension

• muscular coordination

• speaking ability

• vision

The current popular idea that some people are right-brained and some are left-brained:

• has no basis in psychological research.

• is an exaggeration of research on hemispheric differences.

• is completely accurate according to psychological research.

• makes no sense because the brain is one thing, not divided into two left and right parts.

A patient with damage to Broca’s area of the brain would probably have difficulty:

• expressing thoughts in spoken language

• expressing thoughts in written language

• recognizing a family member’s face

• understanding what someone else says

The oldest part and central core of the brain is the:

• brainstem

• limbic system

• cerebral cortex

• cerebellum